General Secretariat

The General Secretariat for Public Revenue is investigating 1,545 hotels as regards their occupancy rates and prices. Where required, the inspectors will pose as guests to establish whether what hotels declare in terms of occupancy figures and the rates they charge are factual and whether the correct taxes are being paid.

Unions representing Greek tax office employees conducted a sit-in at a Finance Ministry building in central Athens on Thursday. Unionists said they were protesting a bill that would make the General Secretariat for Public Revenue an independent authority.

The legislation is part of a multi bill tabled in Parliament late Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will on Thursday start consultations on the formation of the Serbian government with a meeting with Aleksandar Vucic, who heads the "Aleksandar Vucic - Serbia is winning" electoral list, which won the most seats in the April 24 early parliamentary elections.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will on Thursday start consultations on the formation of the Serbian government with a meeting with Aleksandar Vucic, who heads the "Aleksandar Vucic - Serbia is winning" electoral list, which won the most seats in the April 24 early parliamentary elections.

Just 8 percent of taxpayers have submitted their tax statements for 2015 incomes, according to data from the General Secretariat for Public Revenue. The delay is attributed to the strike by accountants who oppose the new social security system, as well as to the absence of any hurry on the part of taxpayers to meet their obligations.

Citizens' capacity to pay taxes is diminishing by the year, and the latest data from the General Secretariat of Public Revenues show debts to the state on on the rise: In the first quarter of the year taxpayers' debts expanded by 3.22 billion euros, taking the sum of all debts to the tax authorities to more than 87 billion euros.

Greece's advertising watchdog has ruled that an Easter commercial by children's store Jumbo is sexist and encourages violence against women.

The Advertising Self-Regulation Council (SEE) upheld a complaint from the General Secretariat for Equality regarding the advertisement and asked for it to be changed or withdrawn within two days.

They have fled their homes travelling for days with the few possessions they need the most and their dreams for a better future. They got on death boats risking their lives, some of them survived, but other did not. They were sent to wait in front of closed borders and fences.

Despite the tax hikes imposed in 2015, the Greek state managed to collect less revenue compared with 2014.

Although the VAT rate increased on the islands, food and other products, revenue from VAT in 2015 increased only 12 million euros or 0.09%.

Another case of nepotism in Greek government has been revealed with new Secretary of Youth of SYRIZA Iasonas Schinas-Papadopoulos appointing his entire family.